The George Mason University School of Law and Microsoft
Corporation announce the first in an annual series of conferences on The Law and Economics of Innovation. The
series will bring together leading academics to present and discuss new scholarship touching on diverse aspects of a key question affecting the technology industry and the process of innovation. Each conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion among top technology industry representatives and regulators to begin to assess the concrete implications of the scholarship for the
development of innovative industries.

The inaugural conference in the series, to be held on Friday, May 4th at George Mason University School of Law,
will address the complex problem of regulation and how
regulation fosters or impedes economic growth through
innovation: How should a jurisdiction, particularly an
emerging or developing economy, approach its IP or its
antitrust regime if it seeks to maximize economic growth to
optimize the role of innovation in growth?

REGISTRATION:

Registration is free of charge but space is limited. To
register, click here.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

8:30am Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:00am Welcome Remarks
9:15am Keynote Address: Robert D. Cooter, University of
California at Berkeley School of Law

9:45am Panel 1: Some Economics of Innovation
- Marco Iansiti, Harvard Business School
- Stan J. Liebowitz, University of Texas/Dallas School of Management
- Stephen E. Margolis, North Carolina State College of Management
- Moderated by Bruce H. Kobayashi, George Mason
School of Law

11:00am Panel 2: Regulatory Reform
- Howard A. Shelanski, University of California at Berkeley School of Law
- Douglas G. Lichtman, University of Chicago Law School
- Moderated by Randal Picker, University of Chicago Law School

12:00pm Lunch in the Atrium

1:00pm Panel 3: Antitrust, Innovation and Economic Growth
- Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management
- Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law
- Joshua D. Wright, George Mason School of Law
- Moderated by Jonathan B. Baker, American University Washington College of Law